<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Edom<n id="1" /> has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable<n id="2" /> by taking vengeance<n id="3" /> on them.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;The Philistines<n id="1" /> have exacted merciless revenge,<n id="2" /> showing intense scorn<n id="3" /> in their effort to destroy Judah<n id="4" /> with unrelenting hostility.<n id="5" />

So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill<n id="1" /> the Cherethites<n id="2" /> and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.

therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look,<n id="1" /> I am against you,<n id="2" /> O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill<n id="1" /> every person and every animal.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: At the end of forty years<n id="1" /> I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Egypt&#8217;s supporters will fall;p> <p class="poetry">her confident pride will crumble.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From Migdol to Syene<n id="2" /> they will die by the sword within her,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;I will throw my net over you<n id="1" /> in the assembly of many peoples;p> <p class="poetry">and they will haul you up in my dragnet.p>

Therefore say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it,<n id="1" /> pray to<n id="2" /> your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess<n id="3" /> the land?

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Say to it, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Look, I am against you, Mount Seir;p> <p class="poetry">I will stretch out my hand against youp> <p class="poetry">and turn you into a desolate ruin.p>

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying &#8220;Aha!&#8221; and, &#8220;The ancient heights<n id="1" /> have become our property!&#8221;&#8217;

So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I vow<n id="1" /> that the nations around you will endure insults as well.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because they are saying to you, &#8220;You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them:<n id="1" /> I will multiply their people like sheep.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind,<n id="1" /> and you will devise an evil plan.